The largest jackpot payout in an online slot machine game is €17,879,645 ($20,062,600, £13,209,300), won by Jon Heywood (UK), playing Microgaming's Mega Moolah on Betway's website, on 6 October 2015. Mega Moolah is a five reel, twenty-five payline online slot game.
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Online casino gambling can be a rather fun activity, especially if you play at the progressive jackpot games. Regardless if it is on slots, table games, blackjack or video poker, there are many lucky players that have thus far been fortunate enough to hit pretty large, life-changing amounts and live to narrate their amazing stories. The excitement of hitting a progressive jackpot winning combination of symbols at slots or getting the rarest hand in blackjack right from the comfort of your home has never been greater. Continue reading if you want to learn more about the 10 biggest online casino jackpot winners of all time.
Honorable Mentions: the latest update of the Top 10 Biggest Online Casino Wins has seen two previous members of this esteemed company leave the group. Still, in order to honor all of the players from the Southern Hemisphere we thought it would only be fair to have an honorable mention of Rawiri Pou from New Zealand and an anonymous Australian player who hit $7.41 million and $7.86 million, respectively, playing on their favorite slot games – Mega Moolah and The Dark Night, the two highly-popular Microgaming titles.
Another honourable mention goes to Georgios M. who is one of the many lucky players to have hit pretty large amounts. In March 2009, Georgios won $8.6 million in cash at River Belle Online Casino and was until recently slotted firmly in the No.10 place on the list.
With a passion for slots, the 36-year-old business owner from Greece has become the winner of the largest Microgaming casino jackpot payout at the time. Georgios could not believe that this was for real. “Do not lose hope. It’s a small moment that could change your life,” he said.
10. Hall of Gods Breaks Bank with $8.63M Win
Known as one of the leaders in online gaming industry, NetEnt has upheld its reputation of a top slot developer with their Hall of Gods title. The game in question has been a life-changer for so many people but the latest noteworthy jackpot win occurred in June 2017, when a 47-year-old Norwegian player scooped a staggering $8.63 million windfall from the Folkenautomaten Casino. The lucky winner played the desktop version of this popular Norse mythology-themed slot which has thus far yielded a combined lifetime payout worth nearly $92 million.
Hall of Gods from NetEnt is a progressive slot that features 5 reels and 20 paylines.
9. NetEnt’s Hall of Gods Pays $8.73 Million to an Anonymous Player
Hall of Gods has paid a record-high progressive jackpot of 8.73 million to a Betsson Casino player in April 2015. The winner has chosen to stay anonymous and there is no information regarding their gender, age or location. However, this large amount will probably stay remembered for a long time as it remains the record-high for this highly-popular NetEnt title. Even though this Nordic-themed slot machine has been treating players with multi-million prizes, as of this writing no one managed to win anything over $8.73 million. You can once again read our review for more information about this epic slot game from NetEntertainment.
8. Swedish Player Scoops $8.75 million
A lucky woman became the biggest online casino jackpot winner in Sweden in November 2012. She won $8.75 million (€7.6 million) playing the Hall of Gods slot game at Unibet Online Casino. After the win, she was a bit dazed and couldn’t believe it. She was planning to use her winnings to pay off her house and loans and take her family to Thailand. “And I might even get a new car,” added L. who is now revelling in dreamland, living the life most people can never even dare to dream of having. This particular win was the biggest ever at Unibet Casino. The lucky woman was the fifth player to join the casino’s ‘millionaire’s club’ since 2009 at the time.
The lucky winner is displayed on Unibet's All Time Winners' list.
7. Former Largest Progressive Jackpot Won on a Mobile Device
A mysterious player under the initials D.P. has at the time won the largest progressive jackpot ever hit on a mobile device on 28th of August, 2016. It was never revealed where does the player come from or how old he or she is. However, what it is known is the impressive jackpot amount of $8.82 million and that it has been won on an iPad. Reportedly, the user was enjoying Mega Moolah Mobile at the Zodiac Casino, when the jackpot was hit. As it was revealed by the operator, the player was signed up to the casino’s innovative promotion named 80 Chances to Become a Millionaire, which required only a small £/$/€1 deposit. Well, it must be said that D.P. certainly made the most out of it!
The success and popularity of Mega Moolah have transitioned superbly over to mobile devices as well.
6. Largest Progressive Jackpot Won on a Mobile Device
Mega Moolah remains one of Microgaming’s most popular titles and for an obvious reason as well, given the slot’s highly-rewarding nature. This progressive jackpot title never fails to deliver, which was the case in April 2017 as well when a Tipico Mobile Casino user struck the cord for Mega Moolah’s largest-ever mobile payout in excess of $9.22 million, crushing the previous record set a year earlier and described just above this particular win. The lucky winner decided to remain anonymous from and the only information we have thus far is the amount he or she wagered per spin. Betting an impressive $7.2 per spin at this Microgaming slot title really paid off, however, as it helped this Tipico Mobile Casino member take a place in history books.
The Mega Moolah game is often referred to as the “The Millionaire Maker”.
5. $9.57 Million for Alexander from Sweden
Mega Fortune seems to be NetEnt’s Mega Moolah. This generous slot machine has recorded numerous wins over the years, but one of the highest ones was scored on 28th of November, 2015 at Folkeautomaten, the same venue that produced the win No.9 on our list. The lucky player called Alexander from Sweden was only 30 years old at the time of the win, when the game treated him with a $9.57 million (€8.57 million) windfall. Commenting on his luck, the player revealed that he was speechless at first and then he woke up his wife to celebrate. Alexander said that he was planning to lay low, pay his mortgage and probably treat himself with exciting holidays and a new car. NetEnt’s Chief Product Officer Simon Hammon didn’t miss the opportunity to highlight that the company paid more than €13 million in jackpots in less than two weeks.
4. Former Guinness World Record Win
A young male from Norway couldn’t sleep and decided to play a few games at online casino company Betsson.com. On that sleepless night on 24 September 2011 he became $13.47 million (€11,736,375) richer. The game that set the Guinness World Record for the largest ever jackpot payout is the same one that accounted for the previous entry in our list – Mega Fortune. The anonymous player couldn’t sleep until 6:00 am because of the shock and he said that he needed to calm down first before he decided what to do with the money. Huw Thomas, the Head of Betsson.com, was also in shock and he added that is a great accolade for the website to be awarded a Guinness World Record.
3. UK Player Hits $17.2 Million
Everyone knows that Mega Moolah Progressive Jackpot is one of the most rewarding games out there. Jonathon Heywood from Cheshire, the United Kingdom, has felt its generosity on his skin when he landed a whopping $17.2 million (£13.2 million) jackpot. The 26-year old British soldier won the record-breaking jackpot on 6th of October, 2015, while he was playing for 25p per spin. After the win, Jonathon said that everything felt surreal and that he couldn’t come to terms with the win. But he has vowed to spend most of that money to help treat his sick father. The jackpot was hit at Betway and a casino representative expressed their delight for the record win. Even Microgaming’s CEO Roger Raatgever congratulated the winner and pointed out that to that date the provider had paid out $5.76 billion to lucky winners
2. Mega Moolah Beats All Competition – New Record to Be Endorsed?
There has seemingly been a champion that outstripped the ace from 2013. On the 28th of September 2018, Mega Moolah has engraved its name in the history of rewarding jackpots for good.
The Guinness World Record seems to have been swished once again by this Microgaming hybrid. A lucky player from Grand Mondial Casino placed an insignificant amount on the famous slot and was rewarded with a gargantuan €18,915,721 million!
At the time of writing – or better yet updating this article – information and details about the lucky winner were nonexistent. The name, age, gender and country of residence are still in the unknown. One thing should be certain, however, this winner is the new Guinness World Record holder. The Guinness Committee is still expected to ratify this win, which shall come to place later in 2019. By that time we hope to learn the identity of this brand-new multimillionaire.
When it comes to our list of top 10 wins, the lucky player slots into hte second place due to the coversion rate. Even though this win outstretches the No.1 by €1,2 million, the USD conversion transforms it into a $23.5 million win.
1. World Record Slot Machine Win
What is your definition of luck? Could it be betting 25 cents to win $24 million (€17,861,800)? This is exactly what took place on online casino gaming site PAF based in Scandinavia with a win hit by a lucky man in his 40s from Finland. “I laughed and cried at the same time,” said the winner. He placed a 25-cent bet on January 20, 2013 on the progressive jackpot slot game Mega Fortune operated by Net Entertainment.
Various Net Entertainment partner casinos which offer the progressive jackpot games make up the game’s jackpot pool whereas these particular funds are used to pay the jackpot winners. The win, of course, came as a surprise and the Fin couldn’t believe it. It was a dream come true.
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Photo of Trinadad Torres courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino.
Admit it. You have the same dream we do.
Everything conspires and you find yourself in the right place at the right time – seated in front of a Megabucks slot machine that’s primed and ready to hit. You push the button (of course, pulling a lever would be more dramatic, but this is 2015 and the one-armed bandit has gone the way of the horse and buggy). The logos on the reels all line up. And then the moment you’ve been waiting for finally arrives…you realize you’re a millionaire.
Correction: A multimillionaire.
IGT’s Megabucks has been paying out ginormous life-changing jackpots for almost 20 years. Its slogan is “Dream big. Win big.”
A network of slot machines linked throughout Nevada, Megabucks boasts a top prize that builds from a base amount of $10 million. To play it costs $1 a spin, but to quality for that top amount you’ll have to shell out $3. That sounds pretty steep, we know. But trust us, if you hit Megabucks with only a buck or two invested, you’ll leave with a jackpot in the thousands instead of millions. And just imagine trying to live with that.
As you’d expect, Megabucks lays claim to having paid the largest slot jackpots in Vegas history. It last hit here in mid March at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. The lucky winner was Trinadad Torres, a 78-year-old woman from Magna, Utah. She played $100 before netting the $10,744,292.71 jackpot. Her plans include traveling to the Philippines and buying a yellow Mustang.
While nothing to sneeze at, Torres’ windfall just misses placing her on our list below of the 10 biggest slot jackpots ever won in Sin City.
Photo of Excalibur courtesy of MGM Resorts International.
Jackpot amount: $39,710,826.36
When: March 21, 2003
Where:Excalibur
When: March 21, 2003
Where:Excalibur
More than 12 years ago, a 25-year-old software engineer from Los Angeles, who wanted to remain anonymous (and who can blame him?), hit the city’s largest slot jackpot after playing $100 on a Megabucks machine. A C-note in return for nearly $40 million…now that’s what we’d call a damn good investment.
Photo of Cynthia Jay-Brennan at the Desert Inn courtesy of Ethan Miller / Las Vegas Sun.
Jackpot amount: $34,959,458.56
When: Jan. 26, 2000
Where: Desert Inn (imploded in phases in 2001 and 2004 to make room for Wynn Las Vegas)
When: Jan. 26, 2000
Where: Desert Inn (imploded in phases in 2001 and 2004 to make room for Wynn Las Vegas)
Gobs bigger than any tip she’d received, cocktail waitress Cynthia Jay-Brennan, then 37 years old, hit the second largest Megabucks slot jackpot in Vegas (at that time it was the city’s highest Megabucks payout). But her story took a tragic turn when her car was rear-ended about six weeks later by a drunk driver. Her older sister Lela died in the accident, and Jay-Brennan was left paralyzed.
Photo of Palace Station courtesy of Station Casinos.
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Jackpot amount: $27,580,879.60
When: Nov. 15, 1998
Where:Palace Station
When: Nov. 15, 1998
Where:Palace Station
Ignoring your budget isn’t always a bad thing. Just ask the then 67-year-old retired flight attendant from Vegas who racked up the city’s third largest Megabucks slot payout. She’d only intended to play $100 at Palace Station that day, but wound up putting $300 in…and we’re pretty she doesn’t regret overspending one bit.
Jackpot amount: $22,621,229.74
When: May 27, 2002
Where:Bally’s
When: May 27, 2002
Where:Bally’s
How does that old expression go? The early bird catches…the $22.6 million slot jackpot. Well, that’s how Johanna Heundl (then 74 years old) of Covina, California, might remember it. She was on her way to breakfast when she decided to stop and play a Megabucks machine. Having looked away for a moment, she couldn’t believe her eyes when she turned back and saw all the logos aligned in the payline.
Photo of Caesars Palace courtesy of Caesars Entertainment.
Jackpot amount: $21,346,952.22
When: June 1, 1999
Where:Caesars Palace
When: June 1, 1999
Where:Caesars Palace
An Illinois man, then 49 years old and described as a “self-employed business consultant,” put a $10 bill into a Megabucks machine at the Roman-themed property and hit this whopping multimillion-dollar slot jackpot on his first spin. Here’s what we want to know: Is he still consulting? Can we hire him to help us get into the business of being millionaires?
Jackpot amount: $21,147,947
When: Sept. 15, 2005
Where:Cannery Casino Hotel
When: Sept. 15, 2005
Where:Cannery Casino Hotel
One man, two times a Megabucks winner. What are the odds? They’ve got to be astronomical. Certainly, anyone would be happy to score a single multimillion-dollar slot jackpot. But not everyone is Elmer Sherwin. A frequent Vegas visitor, Sherwin hit his first Megabucks jackpot of $4.6 million at The Mirage back in 1989. It was a sign of even better things to come. Sixteen years later, at the age of 92, that lucky son of a gun (kidding, we’re not jealous…really) did it again, adding another $21.1 million to his bank account.
Photo courtesy of the M Resort.
Jackpot amount: $17,329,817.80
When: Dec. 14, 2012
Where:M Resort
When: Dec. 14, 2012
Where:M Resort
Oh, the best things in life are free…especially when they lead to a $17.3 million jackpot. A Las Vegas woman stopped by the M Resort in Henderson to gamble with her “free play” credits and enjoy a meal with some dining vouchers. Before she knew it, she’d become a multimillionaire.
Photo of “Rampart Lucky Local” courtesy of the Rampart Casino.
Jackpot amount: $14,282,544.21
When: Nov. 30, 2014
Where: Rampart Casino
When: Nov. 30, 2014
Where: Rampart Casino
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Late last year a Las Vegas man put $20 in a Megabucks slot machine at the Summerlin-area Rampart Casino. Within five minutes he’d hit a jackpot worth $14.2 million. His plans were altruistic (unlike ours). The man, dubbed the “Rampart Lucky Local,” said he would make a donation to his church. The church, which had been holding services in a high school gym, can now have its own location built.
Photo of Aria courtesy of MGM Resorts International.
Biggest Jackpot Ever Won On A Slot Machine
Jackpot amount: $12,769,933
When: Jan. 21, 2011
Where:Aria
When: Jan. 21, 2011
Where:Aria
A woman visiting her niece in Vegas decided to drop $6 in a Megabucks slot machine before heading back to her room. Her reaction when the winning symbols lined up: “The machine broke.” Luckily, her niece was there to clarify things. We think we should book a room at Aria because about four months after that jackpot occurred, another Megabucks jackpot hit at the resort for $10,636,897. Talk about lightning striking twice!
Photo of New York-New York courtesy of MGM Resorts International.
Jackpot amount: $12,510,549.90
When: April 14, 1997
Where:New York-New York
When: April 14, 1997
Where:New York-New York
New York-New York opened its doors on Jan. 3, 1997. Perhaps due to a little of the “city that never sleeps” magic, Vegas resident Suzanne Henley made her fortune at the Big Apple-themed megaresort just a few months later. On her way home from work, she stopped in to play a Megabucks machine – one that she’d had an inkling might hit. Henley waited in line an hour before she could play. And at 1:44 a.m., after putting $100 in, her diligence paid off…to the tune of more than $12.5 million.